LEFT BANK Pictures is an award-winning independent television and film production company founded in July 2007

We are working with the UK’s leading writing, directing and on-screen talent to produce bold, innovative feature films, television dramas and cutting edge comedy.

“Cardinal Burns… a sketch show of gorgeous lunacy and enormous inventiveness” (The Guardian)

“Left Bank’s combined portfolio is a benchmark for popular, innovative and quality drama programming; it punches well above its weight” Broadcast

We are proud to be at the forefront of high quality, popular film and television for both the UK & international markets.

Wallander(BBC 1)

We pride ourselves on nurturing & championing exciting new talent set to create the hits of tomorrow

DCI Banks (ITV)

LEFT BANK Pictures

Left Bank Pictures is a multi award-winning film and television independent production company set up by Chief Executive Andy Harries and Managing Director Marigo Kehoe. Since 2007, Left Bank has built up a creative team with a wealth of experience in British filmmaking and broadcasting. In 2012 Sony Pictures Television took a majority stake in the company signalling a significant move into scripted production for Sony in the UK. Left Bank Pictures has produced major drama series for the BBC / WGBH, ITV1, Sky1 HD, and HBO / Cinemax, two comedy series for E4 and motion pictures for Sony Pictures, Europacorp and Optimum Releasing with many more projects in development. Named Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards in 2011, Left Bank Pictures has a portfolio of films and series have been recognised by the Golden Globes, Emmy’s, Academy Awards, BAFTAand Royal Television Societyamongst many other award ceremonies. Working with the UK’s leading writing, directing and on-screen talent to produce bold, innovative feature films, television dramas and cutting edge comedy Left Bank Pictures prides itself on nurturing and championing exciting new talent set to create the hits of tomorrow.

Married Single Other

Six friends discover the difficulties of living with, and without, the one you love. Sexy, funny and true to life, Married, Single, Other tells the story of three couples trying to work out what a couple is these days.

School of Comedy Series 2

School of Comedy is back with an extended cast made up entirely of children. See the return of all the hit characters from series one: saffas, museumperv, cabbie, the wisecrackers and meet a raft of brand new pint-sized characters the sweeneyfessionals, leonard lizzard, blind bitch and a full run of MR mills, the most inappropriate school teacher in the UK. Feel good, risque and a touch surreal.

School of Comedy continues to reinvent the good old fashioned sketch show, but with little people.

6 x 30 for E4
TX: Mondays 13th September – 11th October 2010, 10:30pm

Director: Steve ConnellyWriters: Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Toby Davies and a team of top writers!Series Produced and Devised by: Laura LawsonProducer: Jenna JonesHead of Production: Marigo Kehoe

Meet a raft of brand new pint-sized characters…

School of Comedy Series 1

School of Comedy sees children satire the world of adults in a unique comedy sketch show; Bugsy Malone is back and it's charming, audacious and genuinely ground breaking. There's a filthy, profane receptionist, a sexually repressed couple from the 1930s and an estate agent on a mission to sell the weirdest house in Britain. And..

You get to find out why Neil Diamond says it better than anyone!

7 x 30' for E4

Transmitted: 1st October - 12th November 2009
Transmitted on Channel 4: 11th, 18th, 25th August and 1st, 8th and 15th September 2010

“School of Comedy sees children satire the world of adults in a unique comedy sketch show”

Father & Son

Set against the backdrop of Ireland’s rapid economic resurgence, Father & Son depicts the complexity of modern inner city life where crime is now a global business and gun culture is an ever more entrenched part of everyday life. Ex-criminal, Michael O’Connor (Dougray Scott) returns to Manchester from a quiet life in Ireland to save his teenage son from prison, but also to redeem his own troubled past.

Nominated for Best Single Drama / Serial, Best Script & Best Supporting Actor (Stephen Rea)

CREDITS

4 x 60 for itv, in association with rte
Transmitted on rte One in Ireland between 29th June – 20th July 2009
UK TX was 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th June 2010

Zen

Set in and around Rome, and based on the best-selling novels by the late Michael Dibdin, Rufus Sewell stars as the fictional Italian detective Aurelio Zen. Vendetta, Cabal & Ratking will feature many of the combined attractions of Italy and the Dibdin novels â€“ thrilling investigations, fun, passion, warmth and beautiful people.

Three 90 minute films produced by LEFT BANK Pictures for the BBC in association with RTI (Mediaset Group), Masterpiece on PBS and ZDF with additional funding from BBC Worldwide, Ingenious and Lipsync.

Mad Dogs Series 3

Shot on location in Cape Town, South Africa, a third series of the hit black comedy starring Max Beesley, Philip Glenister, John Simm and Marc Warren is due for transmission in early 2013.

Series One proved a big success with viewers, gaining a loyal weekly audience to become the eleventh most watched programme in Sky 1's history. The programme received a BAFTA nomination for Drama Serial, adding to Sky's record number of bafta nominations this year in its entire 20 year history.

Mad Dogs Series 2

The second series, filmed in Majorca, will comprise of 4 x episodes for transmission in early 2012 with all cast optioned for a potential third series too.

Series One proved a big success with viewers earlier this year, gaining a loyal weekly audience to become the eleventh most watched programme in Sky 1's history. And the programme has also received a bafta nomination for Drama Serial, adding to Sky's record number of bafta nominations this year in its entire 20 year history.

“We’e back into edge-of-the-seat territory, heaven knows how it will all end, but it’s unlikely to be pretty.”

Mad Dogs Series 1

Written by Cris Cole Mad Dogs centres around the reunion of a group of old friends. Woody (Beesley), Quinn (Glenister), Baxter (Simm) and Rick (Warren) have been mates since sixth form. The fifth member of the gang, Alvo (Ben Chaplin), lives in Majorca, having made his fortune in property.

Now in their 40s; a mix of single, married and divorced; they've been invited out to Alvo's villa to celebrate his retirement. However, their trip does not work out as planned and takes a dark turn for when the holiday becomes a labyrinthine nightmare of lies, deception and murder.

Mad Dogs is a darkly comic twisted tale of friendship put to the ultimate test as an inconceivable chain of events unfolds. Four ordinary blokes faced with a set of extraordinary circumstances and not handling it!

Wallander Series 4

SIR KENNETH BRANAGH returns in his BAFTA winning role as Inspector Kurt Wallander in three new films produced for BBC One by Left Bank Pictures, Yellow Bird and TKBC, co-produced with Masterpiece, TV4, Film i Skåne and the Copenhagen Film Fund, in cooperation with ARD Degeto and with the support of the Ystad Österlen Filmfond.

Haunted by his past, Wallander faces a deeply personal case whilst looking toward the future with profound uncertainty, he will have no choice but to come face-to-face with his most intractable adversary: himself.

CREDITS
3 X 90 for BBC One

The White Lioness – written by James Dormer – directed by Jonathan Van Tulleken
(The story takes place in South Africa, and will be filmed on location in Cape Town.)

The Troubled Man – written by Peter Harnes – directed by Ben Caron
(This story will be filmed on location in Skane, Sweden; and Copenhagen, Denmark.)

Adapted from Henning Mankell’s novels The White Lioness and The Troubled Man

“The best detective of this century… Kenneth Branagh’s performance is close to perfect.” The Sunday Times

Wallander Series 3

Kenneth Branagh returns as Inspector Wallander in three new detective dramas based on two best-selling novels Before The Frost & The Dogs of Riga, by Henning Mankell, with the third adaptation based on Mankell's short story The Grave.

The heart of the 3rd series will focus on Kurt Wallander's relationship with his ever maturing daughter following the death of his father, and will be set in Southern Sweden for the first and third episodes and Riga, Latvia and Sweden for the second episode.

A Left Bank Pictures / Yellowbird / tkbcProduction for the bbc. Co-Produced with ardDegeto, wgbh Boston and Film I Skane & TV4. Made with support from Region of Skane, City of Ystad-Osterlen Film Bond, Sweden.

Wallander Series 2

Kenneth Branagh returns as Inspector Wallander in three new detective dramas based on the best-selling novels Faceless Killers, The Fifth Woman and The Man Who Smiled, in which the eponymous hero fights an ever-increasing tide of crime in Ystad, southern Sweden.

A Left Bank Pictures / Yellowbird / tkbcProduction for the bbc. Co-Produced with ardDegeto, wgbh Boston and Film I Skane & TV4. Made with support from Region of Skane, City of Ystad-Osterlen Film Bond, Sweden.

Kenneth Branagh won a BAFTA for Best Actor for his performance in series two.

Wallander Series 1

Drama series starring Kenneth Branagh as Swedish detective Kurt Wallander, investigating a series of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of Skane, southern Sweden.

Sidetracked, Firewall and One Step Behind follow Kurt Wallander - a disillusioned everyman - as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in beautiful southern Sweden.

Baffling crimes and seemingly motiveless murders are investigatd by Wallander leading to surprising and shocking discoveries in three compelling feature length films, based on the best-selling books by Henning Mankell - an international publishing phenomenon with 25 million copies sold worldwide.

"5 times BAFTA winner, including Kenneth Branagh for Best Actor"

CREDITS

3 x 90′ for BBC One
A Left Bank Pictures / Yellowbird / tkbc Production for BBC
Co-Produced with ardDegeto, wgbh Boston and Film I Skane

Transmitted: 23rd November – 14th December 2008

Not Like That, Like This

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This is a single film about legendary comedian Tommy Cooper, written by Simon Nye (How Do You Want Me, Men Behaving Badly) and starring David Threlfall (Shameless,Nowhere Boy) as Tommy.

Simon Nye’s script focuses on the dilemma the much-loved comedian faced when he fell in love with assistant Mary Kay (Helen McCrory) and embarked upon a relationship that would last 17 years. Tommy was married to Gwen (Amanda Redman), whom he adored and affectionately nicknamed Dove. Tommy was unable to choose between Dove and Mary, and his untimely death live on air in 1984 meant that he never did.

Andy Harries, Left Bank Pictures: “Few comics have had such a lasting influence on UK culture as Tommy Cooper . The man was a comedy giant who spent his final years juggling his hugely successful public persona with a private passion for two women. Just like that.â€

Strike Back Series 5

Strike Back will return for a fifth and final series in 2015. The action-packed drama, starring Philip Winchester and Sullivan Stapleton, will welcome Michelle Yeoh, Max Beesley and Tim McInnerny to its cast Production of the final series has recommenced in Hungary with the series set to air on Sky 1 HD next year.

In her first ever role for television, Yeoh, (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) plays the wife of the British Ambassador to Thailand with McInnerny (Notting Hill) playing her husband. Beesley (Mad Dogs) takes on the role of an ex-pat gangster.

Returning to lead the cast once again are Sullivan Stapleton (300: Rise of An Empire), Philip Winchester (24: Live Another Day, Camelot) and Robson Green (Mount Pleasant, Grantchester), who reprise their roles as counter-terrorism operatives Sgt. Damien Scott and Sgt. Michael Stonebridge and Section 20 leader, Col. Philip Locke.

Strike Back Series 4

Emmy nominated hit action series Strike Back will return to Sky 1 HD and Cinemax/HBO in 2013 for an explosive fourth series made up of ten brand new episodes, shot on location in South Africa and Hungary.

In the upcoming series, Section 20 will pursue a deadly terrorist network from Colombia to Beirut to Europe where they uncover plots reaching to the West. Left Bank Pictures welcomes the much loved UK actors ROBSON GREEN, MARTIN CLUNES and DOUGRAY SCOTT to the new series.

The ten-part series airs this summer (on Sky1 in the UK and on Cinemax in the US) and Episode 1 sees heroes Michael Stonebridge (Philip Winchester) and Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) resting on their laurels in California, but naturally their vacation doesn't last long and they're thrown into yet another seedy criminal underworld.

Strike Back Series 3

The hit action series strike back will return to Sky1 HD in 2012 for a third season of ten new episodes, which will begin shooting in South Africa in early 2012 and air later in the year. The third series will once again be a co-production between Sky and cinemax/HBO and will be produced by Left Bank Pictures. The series was commissioned by Sky's Head of Drama, Anne Mensah and will be Executive Produced for Sky by Huw Kennair-Jones. Left Bank's Andy Harries will return as Executive Producer, along with Series Producer Michael Casey and Head of Production Marigo Kehoe.

Strike Back Series 2

Adrenaline fuelled action series originally based on the international best selling book by ex-sasveteran Chris Ryan. Series 2 introduces new characters and a globe-spanning setting over 10-action packed hours.

Section 20's highly-skilled and battle hardened new operatives â€“ British Lietenant Michael Stonebridge (Philip Winchester), and charasmatic ex-US Delta Force Commando Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) â€“ team up to hunt down a lethal, elusive terrorist and defuse a plot that could ignite a war.

Chris Ryan’s Strike Back Series 1

Adrenaline fuelled contemporary action series by award winning screenwriter Jed Mercurio (Bodies), based on the international best selling book by ex-sas veteran, Chris Ryan.

Strike Back is a compelling story of betrayal, glory, redemption and revenge played out through the interlinking lives of two former soldiers: military hero Hugh Collinson (Lincoln) and discharged veteran John Porter (Armitage).

On the eve of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Porter leads a Special Forces unit on a daring hostage rescue mission into the heart of Basra, culminating in a disastrous turn of events for him and Collinson. Porter bears the burden of guilt, with the repercussions haunting him for years, until an opportunity presents itself to return to Iraq and redeem himself. After several years apart, Porter and Collinson's lives are about to collide once again'

DCI Banks Series 4

This fourth series will feature powerful personal stories for the lead characters, both in their private lives and in their work environment; a deeper exploration of Banks’ relationship with his parents, further complications in Annie and Banks on/off romance and a personal crisis that threatens Helen’s career.

CREDITS

What Will Survive – written by Nicholas Hicks-Beach (Law & Order: UK, Lewis, Letters From A Killer).Home – written by Nicholas Hicks-Beach (Law & Order: UK, Lewis, Letters From A Killer).

DCI Banks Series 3

DCI Banks

Stephen Tompkinson, Andrea Lowe and Caroline Catz return in the award-winning detective series based on three novels by Peter Robinson. In three new adaptations (Wednesday's Child, Piece of My Heart, Bad Boy), the series marks the return of DS Annie Cabbot from maternity leave. With both Annie and DI Helen Morton now on his team, will Banks successfully be able to juggle the opposing views of both these strong willed women?

DCI Banks Series 2

Stephen Tompkinson returns as Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, in the hit series based on the novels of the award-winning crime writer Peter Robinson. In three new adaptations (Strange Affair, Dry Bones That Dream & Innocent Graves), Banks must come to terms with dramatic changes to his team, as DS Annie Cabbot's impending maternity leave leads to the arrival of DI Helen Morton as a brilliant, accomplished, but socially inept addition to the Yorkshire Major Crimes Unit.

Stephen Tompkinson leads the cast as Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, based on the hugely successful novels from award winning international crime writer Peter Robinson. Tompkinson stars in the TV adaptation of three Inspector Banks novels: Playing with Fire, Friend of the Devil and Cold is the Grave.

In Playing with Fire, two bodies are found after a fire on some narrow boats and Banks and DS Annie Cabbot find themselves on the trail of an arsonist who has killed two people.

In Friend of the Devil a young student is attacked in the middle of the city and in another part of Yorkshire a woman has her throat cut, but the two different murders have disturbing similarities.

Cold is the Grave is a case terrifyingly close to home as Banks is asked by his boss, Superintendent Gerry Rydell, to find his missing teenage daughterâ€¦

Cardinal Burns Series 2

“A sketch show of gorgeous lunacy and enormous inventiveness”

(The Guardian)

Multi-award winning sketch show Cardinal Burns returns for a second series. The new series moves from youth-orientated digital channel E4 to the network’s flagship station, Channel 4.

Running sketches created by the sketch duo include Office Flirt and New Guy; a middle-class, middle-aged portrayal of street artist Banksy; and Young Dreams, a parody of The Hills featuring three young girls on a fashion internship.

Starring and written by Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns, the first six-part series was broadcast in May and June last year. The comedy developed a cult following and has won several awards, as well as a BAFTA Television nomination.

Cardinal Burns Series 1

Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns, otherwise known as charasmatic comedy duo Cardinal Burns, bring their acclaimed sketches to E4. The six half-hour series will be infused with imagination, nuanced characters and cartoonish writing for which Cardinal Burns have built an impressive reputation on the live comedy circuit.

Cardinal Burns have performed to sell-out audiences across the country, from their critically acclaimed debut at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe to a successful run at London's Soho Theatre in 2010. Their sketch show for E4 will be their first solo TV project.

Loving Miss Hatto

Loving Miss Hatto charts the incredible story of pianist Joyce Hatto, her relationship with her husband and the controversial recordings that made her famous late in life.

Writer Victoria Wood says: â€œLoving Miss Hatto is a screenplay inspired by the true story of classical pianist Joyce Hatto and her husband Barrie. It begins with their meeting in the grey shabby London of the early fifties and ends in the twenty first century in a cul-de-sac in Royston, Hertfordshire. This is a story of two young people with high hopes who, like most of us, get bashed in the face by life. It is, above all â€“ a love story.â€

Ice Cream Girls

Left Bank Pictures are adapting The Ice Cream Girls, which will become the first drama to be distributed by Sony Pictures Television since acquiring the indie in July.

It follows two teenage girls accused of murdering their schoolteacher and forced to go their separate ways. After 17 years they are reunited in the seaside town they fled and are forced to confront each other and their shared history.

The drama will feature Lorraine Burroughs (DCI Banks, Fast Girls, Spooks) and Jodhi May (The Scapegoat, The Jury, Strike Back) as the lead characters. It will be set in the present with events from the past unfolding through flashbacks.

“The quality of Kate Brooke’s scripts has attracted a fantastic cast and we’re delighted to be working on such a gripping contemporary thriller with Left Bank Pictures”Laura Mackie, ITV

Film

The Damned United

Set in 1960’s and 1970’s England, the damnedunited tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough’s doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football Leeds United.

All In Good Time

The big screen adaptation of the Olivier Award Winning play, Rafta Rafta, by Ayub Khan Din (East Is East) produced for the National Theatre, based on the Bill Naughton play All In Good Time.

reece ritchie (The Lovely Bones) andamara karan (The Darjeeling Limited) star as Atul Dutt and his young bride Vina for whom married life is proving far from straightforward, with meera syal (Anita and Me) andharish time for bed, Atul is so woefully inhibited by the proximity of his parents, let alone his brother’s childish pranks, that his beautiful virgin bride remains just that.

When their hard saved for honeymoon is cancelled the next day, the couple is forced to return to the Dutt household and set up home there. So with meddling parents, nosy neighbours and a community that thrives on gossip, can this marriage last? And it’s up to Atul’s parents to face up to some home truths about their own marriage and not pass their mistakes on to the next generation.

The Lady

A Luc Besson film, the lady is one of the greatest love stories set against a background of polictial turmoil which continues today. It is the extraordinary story of how Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) and her husband Michael Aris (David Thewlis) gave up their happiness at great cost when the wife’s country called upon her. Yet despite distance, long separations, danger and an actively hostile regime their love endured until the end.

the lady tells the story of Burma’s democracy movement and the woman at the centre of it, it’s inspiration and hope. Burma’s desperate struggle still goes on today and both ‘The Lady’, as she is popularly known and the country still refuse to give up their goal.

Burma’s desperate struggle still goes on today and both ‘The Lady’, as she is popularly known and the country still refuse to give up their goal.

Zen

Set in and around Rome, and based on the best-selling novels by the late Michael Dibdin, Rufus Sewell stars as the fictional Italian detective Aurelio Zen. Vendetta, Cabal & Ratking will feature many of the combined attractions of Italy and the Dibdin novels â€“ thrilling investigations, fun, passion, warmth and beautiful people.

Michael Dibdin lived in Italy for many years and had 11 Zen books published, which continue to entertain readers around the world. He died three years ago. His novels won many awards including the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for Ratking.

Michael Dibdin lived in Italy for many years and had 11 Zen books published

We pride ourselves on nurturing & championing exciting new talent set to create the hits of tomorrow.

Team

Andy Harries

Andy Harries

Chief Executive

Andy started his career as an award-winning documentary maker, producing and directing films for Arena, Omnibus, The South Bank Show and the Emmy-nominated Africa for Channel 4. He later moved into the world of comedy directing and producing Lenny Henry’s feature film Lenny: Live and Unleashed.

Prior to establishing Left Bank Pictures, Andy Harries was Controller of Drama, Comedy and Film for Granada Productions. During this period (2000 – 2007) he produced a huge range of dramas, comedies and films for ITV1 and other broadcasters.

Marigo Kehoe

Marigo Kehoe

Managing Director

Marigo started her career in commercials before freelancing as a line producer. She worked as apfm for Channel 4 drama, moving on to become Head of Production for Drama at Tiger Aspect.

From 2001 to 2007 she worked with Andy Harries at Granada as Head of Production for Drama, Comedy, Factual Drama and Film overseeing output including Life Begins, Longford, The Street, The Deal, Dirty Filthy Love and the returns of Cracker and Prime Suspect. She oversaw the feature films Pierrepoint and The Queen and in 2007 launched Left Bank Pictures with Andy Harries.

Grace Wilson

Grace Wilson

Finance Director
Grace qualified as an accountant in 2000 and has worked in a variety of areas including the public sector, retail and law before joining Tiger Aspect Productions in 2004.

When Tiger Aspect were acquired by img in June 2006, the due diligence process and the need to prepare the accounts in US gaap provided invaluable experience. Grace left Tiger Aspect in August 2007 to join Left Bank Pictures as Finance Director.

Suzanne Mackie

Suzanne Mackie

Head of Film
Alongside writer Cris Cole, Suzanne Mackie originated Mad Dogs for Sky One, three series of which she has now Executive Produced. Mad Dogs I was nominated for a bafta for best drama series in 2011 and has won a number of other nominations and awards.

Previously, Suzanne was Development Executive at Harbour Pictures from 1994 having formerly worked for bbc Drama Serials. After securing a first-look deal with Buena Vista International Suzanne originated and produced her first feature film Calendar Girls, in 2002/3 for Buena Vista.

Hilary Benson

Hilary Benson

Head of ProductionHilary joined Left Bank Pictures as Senior Production Executive in 2012, following a 20 year freelance career in both film and television, working on films such as Proof and Charlotte Gray and television series such as Spooks and Murphy’s Law and single dramas such as Margaret. During her freelance career she Line Produced Wallander and Married, Single, Other for Left Bank Pictures, and worked on several international feasibility studies for them.
In 2013 she became Head of Production.

Charlie Goldberg

Charlie Goldberg

Head of Business Affairs

Charlie trained as a lawyer at Clifford Chance and qualified in 2001. He left the city to work for a literary agency and went on to solidify his experience in media law by returning to private practice, working accross both television and film projects at Harbottle and Lewis.

Charlie moved in-house in 2008 to work at Power Television dealing with all aspects of development, production and exploitation of television and film projects. He joined Left Bank in 2010 as Head of Business Affairs.

Michael Casey

Michael Casey

Executive Producer

Michael Casey founded Green Park Films in Belfast in 1998 going on to develop and produce several independent films â€“ freeze frame,middletown, and cherrybomb. He also co-produced a number of UK and Irish films including the mighty celt, w delta z and kings.

In 2007 Michael produced the award-winning television film MY boy jack for Ecosse Films & itv. The following year he began producing for Left Bank Pictures beginning with father& son in Dublin before moving onto zen in Rome and then strike back 2 in Cape Town and Budapest.

Lila Rawlings

Lila Rawlings

Executive ProducerLila joined Left Bank in January 2013 as Exec Producer, developing television drama and feature film projects. Previously she was a Development Executive at Film4 where she worked on a raft of projects including The Double and Shame. Her latest film project is The Selfish Giant which received critical acclaim at Cannes 2013.

Lila has been a Head of Development for Dakota Films and was Head of Drama for Century Films where she made Falling Apart (winner of 2 BAFTAs) and Consent (winner of a Grierson Award 2007). She is also a mentor on the MA Screenwriting course at The London International Film School and MA Producing course at the Scottish Screen Academy.

Jenna Jones

Jenna Jones

Producer/Development Producer, Comedy
Jenna began her career in entertainment and factual entertainment working as a Researcher and then Assistant Producer at RDF, Endemol and the BBC until joining Andy Harries in 2005 at the ITV drama and comedy department with a view to producing scripted programming.

In 2007, Jenna joined Left Bank Pictures and started working in comedy. She has developed and produced two series of E4’s sketch show ‘School of Comedy’, two series of multi-award winning ‘Cardinal Burns’ for Channel 4 and has worked as an Executive Producer on comedy pilots for both Sky and ITV. Jenna is now expanding the in house comedy team at Left Bank and developing a slate of new comedies for the company.

Kerry Gill-Pryde

Kerry Gill-Pryde

Script Editor / Researcher
After working for Miramax Films and director Guy Ritchie in the late 90s, Kerry joined Granada Drama in 2000, initially working as a producer’s assistant on DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. She then went on to become the researcher for the department working with the writer Peter Morgan, Andy and Marigo on such projects as THE DEAL, LONGFORD and THE QUEEN.
Kerry left ITV to join Andy and Marigo at LEFT BANK PICTURES at its inception in July 2007 and Left Bank projects worked on include THE DAMNED UNITED, FATHER AND SON and STRIKE BACK. Her most recent work was script editing the upcoming, Victoria Wood penned LOVING MISS HATTO. She is currently working across a number of projects in development.

Lindsay Salt

Lindsay Salt

Script EditorLindsay graduated from Bristol University in 2006. Starting her career at TalkbackThames on the BBC One series The Apprentice, Lindsay made the move to Drama in 2008, joining Left Bank Pictures as Assistant to Andy and Marigo.

In 2010, Lindsay moved into development and script editing. Her script editor credits to date include Strike Back series 2, Wallander series 3, The Ice Cream Girls and the upcoming Tommy Cooper single for ITV. In 2012 Lindsay produced Jason Manford’s Little Cracker for Sky1 and Sky3D.

Steven Metcalfe

Steven Metcalfe

Producer/DirectorSteven graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2004 with a BA Hons in Popular Music. Joining Left Bank in 2008, Steven has created content for Sky, Ch4, E4, ITV, BBCW and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

In 2013 he directed and produced three documentaries for Sky 1, includingtwo 60min specials for Mad Dogs and Strike Back, both shot on location in South Africa; and most recently directed the shoot for the international cinema trailer of Peter Morgan’s multi award winning west-end and broadway play, The Audience, starring Helen Mirren.

Lizzie Rusbridger

Lizzie Rusbridger

Development

Harry Munday

Harry Munday

Production and Post-Production Coordinator

Harry graduated in 2011 with a 1st Class degree in Television Production from Bournemouth University. He started his career working freelance on a number of shows including ITV’s Marchlands (whilst still at Uni) and Sky’s Hunderby.

He first worked with Left Bank on Cardinal Burns in late 2011, and joined in Summer 2012 as Production and Post-Production Coordinator.

Henry Buswell

Henry Buswell

Business Affairs

David Barlow

David Barlow

Management Accountant

Dave graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University in 2003 with a BA Honours in Accounting. He began his career working in the legal sector, before moving into television in 2007, working as a finance manager at Shine.
Following a short spell working in the telecommunications industry, Dave returned to television in 2010, joining the Left Bank team as a management accountant.

Florence Haddon-Cave

Florence Haddon-Cave

Assistant to Andy Harries and Marigo Kehoe
Florence graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2013 with a First Class Honours degree in English.

After interning with several production companies she came on board at Left Bank Pictures as the office runner in March 2014 and became Andy and Marigo’s assistant in July.

Akaash Meeda

Akaash Meeda

Runner
Akaash graduated from London South Bank University in 2013 with a 1st class degree in Digital Film & Video.

He began his career gaining work experience in various areas of the industry, ranging from distribution to corporate, commercials and music videos, before joining Left Bank in 2014.

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